Paper Rex vs Sentinels Masters Toronto 2025 betting tip, pick

Luke Warr Published June 16, 2025

The Masters Toronto 2025 upper bracket semifinals will kick off with Paper Rex vs Sentinels. Both teams will want to give it their all to stay in the upper bracket, raising the question of which team smart betters should support.

Masters Toronto 2025 is in full blast, and eight teams are duking it out in the playoffs to advance as far as they can in hopes of winning the trophy. The playoff’s first match was a huge surprise, as it saw G2 lose with a 0-2 score against Paper Rex, sending it to the lower bracket. Sentinels then proceeded to win its match by the same score. Now, Paper Rex and Sentinels will meet on the big stage with a spot in the upper bracket final on the line.

Paper Rex vs Sentinels match overview

• Tournament: Masters Toronto 2025 Playoffs
• Stage: Upper Bracket Semifinals
• Game: Valorant
• Format: Best-of-three

Betting tip: Paper Rex has overcome stronger opposition than Sentinels, suggesting it may come to the match in better form.

Paper Rex vs Sentinels match analysis

Paper Rex has improved drastically compared to last year’s Masters Shanghai event, and it shows in the team’s improved strategy. With better agent drafting and macro plays, the team is a force to be reckoned with. PatMen has shown excellent initiation with agents like Fade, and he’s supported by utility from duelists and the team’s smoker, f0rsakeN.

d4v41 sometimes falls flat, and PatMen’s mechanical skills may need some more work, but both players make up for it with their smart utility usage. The team’s double duelist composition seems to be working effectively, though they also opted to leave out a sentinel in the first game against G2, showcasing the team’s commitment to prioritizing its agent drafts.

Sentinels owes much of its success to zekken, the team’s duelist. His initiations and utility usage with agents like Neon give enemy players little time to react. With a KDA of 27/10/6 against XLG, he’s definitely the one to look out for in this match.

The team’s weak point may be Zellsis, who hasn’t been able to really show his skills of late. The player frequently finds himself near the bottom of the scoreboard, and his presence isn’t felt as much as the other players’. Fortunately, johnqt’s flexibility, paired with bang’s excellent smokes, is usually enough to land Sentinels the wins it needs.

Roster and roles

Agent pool

• Paper Rex’s standout agent pick seems to be Fade right now, but other agents who have seen success for PRX include Raze, Killjoy, Omen, Yoru, and Vyse.
• Sentinels usually opts to go for the same handful of agents, including Neon, Yoru, Tejo, Breach, Raze, Cypher, Vyse, Omen, and Astra, though Tejo may not make it thanks to the agent’s recent nerfs lowering their priority.

Map Pool

• Paper Rex is extremely strong on Fracture and Icebox, though the team’s play on Sunset isn’t too shabby, either.
• Sentinels is excellent on Sunset and Lotus, which is why it was so odd when XLG gave the both maps, a mistake PRX may want to avoid.

Key stats

Paper Rex vs Sentinels head-to-head records

Sentinels and Paper Rex have battled against each other three times, and Sentinels has won all three meetings.

Paper Rex vs Sentinels match history

Paper Rex is coming off an impressive win against G2, but the team did stumble recently against Gen.G.

• Paper Rex vs G2 Esports – 2-0
• Paper Rex vs Team Liquid – 2-1
• Paper Rex vs Gen.G – 0-2
• Paper Rex vs Team Heretics – 2-0
• Paper Rex vs DRX – 3-1

Sentinels showed extremely strong performance in the VCT 2025: Americas Stage 1 tournament, and the team is going strong in this Masters event so far.

• Sentinels vs XLG Esports – 2-0
• Sentinels vs BLG – 2-1
• Sentinels vs Wolves Esports – 2-0
• Sentinels vs G2 Esports – 1-3
• Sentinels vs MIBR – 2-0

Paper Rex vs Sentinels betting odds snapshot

Odds via , 10:40 pm ET June 15, 2025.

Paper Rex vs Sentinels betting picks and predictions

Both teams are fairly close in terms of skill, but Paper Rex has shown more successful tactics. With Paper Rex’s well-scouted bans and agent compositions, paired with the fact that Sentinels has been winning against relatively weak teams so far, PRX may edge out a close win here.

Best picks

• Over 2.5 maps @ 1.98: Both teams are looking strong and will likely get at least one map win each.
• Total rounds over 20.5 @ 1.5: These two teams tend to go the distance when faced against other strong sides, and the same will likely apply here.

Paper Rex vs Sentinels prediction

Our Paper Rex vs Sentinels pick: Paper Rex as the match winner 2-1 at .